Favorite Show.. Beauty & The Beast | Review ♥

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Synopsis: "Detective Catherine Chandler (Kristin Kreuk), shaken to the core over the fact that everything she thought she knew about her life has been a lie, is determined to get answers to the secrets that have been revealed about her family. Cat must also try to navigate her evolving relationship with handsome doctor Vincent Keller (Jay Ryan), who struggles with becoming a terrifying beast when he is enraged, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses. Cat and Vincent continue to grapple with the desire to be a normal couple while trying to keep a low profile in order to stay one step ahead of the mysterious organization known as Muirfield, now on the hunt for both of them."*Season 1 and 2 are available on Netflix.

Beauty & The Beast is one of the best shows I have ever seen! I actually binged watched season 1 in two days, and when season 2 came out, yep, I binge watched that in two days as well. I don't usually watch too many tv shows because it can be hard to keep up with them, this is the first show I've probably watched in let's say, six months? Anybody remember Lana from Smallville? I've always thought she was beautiful, she's mixed race with Chinese and Caucasian, which makes her of course exotic right away. She plays the role of a hot shot detective in this show by the name of Katherine Chandler. Now, the beast is played by Jay Ryan - his character is named Vincent Keller. Look at his pictures, swoon worthy! Should I mention he is also a doctor and a solider of the military? He's not a human anymore, he's a beast because of the government who misused him and tested on him. Katherine and Vincent's paths crash soon.. Now Katherine must juggle between romance, family, and work, what happens now?

I had to watch this show right away after seeing the title and Kristin Kreuk was in it! I do love the fairytale Beauty & The Beast - and I love that this show is inspired from it. Although, it does have different stories, the general concept is quite similar. I loved the first season, it has everything you could really want in a show, you know? It has action, crime, drama, romance, conflict, and fantasy. It's also mainly shot in New York City which is where I live. I was so excited every time I saw a train station, I would think: I was just there the other day.

Katherine Chandler is a popular detective, she's badass, she can fight, she's independent, and she can use a gun. Oh, and she's short and tiny like me and she works with that. Her character is appealing, she's caring, genuine, and she can also be very kind. She's the beauty so she is somewhat perfection, I don't believe I disliked any quality about her. The male lead and love interest Vincent Keller is amazing in his own as well.. his fighting was quite interesting. I kind of fell in love with the scar he had, if he didn't have that - he wouldn't exactly be a beast. He has flaws which prevent him from being perfection. Now, the scar isn't his beastly symbol, he actually really turns into a beast - all big teeth, super strength, different skin color, and deeper voice and all. I do wish he was more cruel and dark like the disney beast, but the directors of this show still make it work despite it. The one flaw he has is he can give up pretty easily on Katherine, I've noticed this in both seasons. It made me scream, because Katherine is so amazing yet he pushes her away every single time when he knows she genuinely cares and loves him.

"I could never hate you, It would be like hating a part of myself."

This was one of my favorite scenes of the show and I adored it! The romance is steamy, sweet, heart breaking, and slow burn of course. I'm glad it wasn't insta love or anything like that, because I mean, how can you fall in love with a beast on first glance? Their relationship took time to build up and the conversations they had each other were witty, emotional, and adorable. Their relationship did up have ups and downs, however, both of the characters cared for each other, they would give up their lives to save each other - and that's something most people would not do. It also does have an angst behind it, I was just waiting for them to get together already!

Season 1 was better than the second one, it had everything I would want to see. The action and plot twists were on point, the secondary characters in the show specially Tess and T.J were fantastic as well. T.J is Vincent's best friend, he's a geek yet he's witty and charming at the same time. This show values friendship and family. There is no girl on girl hate in this show. Tess was a woman of African-American descent, that's something different even in television. Katherine's sister Heather annoyed me sometimes, she just seemed too wholesome and all giddy all the time - she reminded me a bit of an airhead. Also, the show discusses science with depth and cross species DNA, I wonder if this kind of mutation can occur in real life with more advanced science whether by experimentation or if someone can be born with it(X-men anyone?) As of right now, no such thing is possible but imagine if it was ..

This is clearly my most favorite show at the moment besides Game of Thrones.Season 2 was good as well, it was a bit boring at times and I found myself skimming a few parts, and it couldn't beat Season 1 for me! I love Vincent, but season 2 was all about Gabe for me - you will love him once you meet him, he is from Indian descent.Beauty & The Beast is diverse, it has characters from many different races such as Chinese, White, Black, Indian, and Puerto Rican. I would recommend trying this show out, it moves at a moderate pace at first, and then BOOM it takes of. I'm anxiously waiting for season 3 to come out soon, hopefully it does not get cancelled. I would recommend trying this show out, it's pretty much everything I love.

I have yet to watch this but I have thought about it numerous times. Maybe I'll try it over summer when all my other CW shows are off air. I do love the CW though, some of these best shows out there right now!

Oh thanks for the recommend, Benish! I've been looking for more shows that are on Netflix. I've always loved Kristin Kruek from Smallville as well, and I'm happy to hear she's in a new series. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairy tale so I'm adding this series to my list immediately!

Oh that must be awesome seeing a show take place in the city you live. That poster really catches your attention. The eyes of those male really pop out and look a bit scary, but I like that hint to his beastly nature. The romance sounds well done and I love slow burn romances! Great review!

Omg I've seen lots of gifs and graphics of this series all over tumblr and I've been wanting to watch it ever since, but I can never find the time!!! Those two are just insanely gorgeous though. If I do find the time, I would most likely binge watch too. Haha! Thanks for sharing, Benish! :)

This is the first time I'm hearing about this, but I am so starting it tonight on Netflix omg it sounds so exciting! I love when I find a show shot in my state and can pinpoint the different sites, like The Walking Dead!

EEP. I absolutely love this show, and I hate the fact that I don't know when season two is being released in Australia D:

I definitely agree with you about Vincent giving up on Kat a lot. Like, almost every episode he'd turn away from her, or tell her to save herself BLAH BLAH BLAH. You love each other, so just get together and stay together, already!

I love that Kat is so independent and able to defend and fight for herself, because it's just such an empowering thing to see on TV. All too often it's the guys who get these badass kinds of roles, and the women are still the damsels in distress.

Aww, yes I thought I might be the only one out there who watches this show! I made my siblings watch it as well haha ♥ & I agree the angst and drama was too much at times, the show does have it's flaws, but I really did love it as well. Kat is everything in this novel. Thank you for your thoughts Chiara!

Akk now I totally want to get started on this show! The main heroine sounds so fantastic, and bonus points because I'm pretty short myself. ;) The romance sounds so swoon-worthy as well, and I totally need more swoony TV shows in my life! <33

So glad you posted this, because I really do want to talk about this frustrating TV show (sorry, ranting coming). Well first, it starts out REALLY well, and I was hooked. Plus, hey, the guy's gorgeous ;)) but he doesn't look like a monster!!!! Oh, Hollywood, what did you do to the Beast?? Ugh. But I still was ready to put that fact aside and concentrate on the story because, well, appearance is not what counts most, but the thing is the angst... I couldn't handle it. Remember when she was having a date with him and waited... and waited... and waited and he didn't come (because he was ''lost''?) Well I was like FUUUUUUUCK, ughhh drama. Yeah, too much for me. And, another thing that I didn't like was the way the Beast was speaking... because he was speaking so slowly!! I got impatience oh so many times. Anyway, glad you enjoyed season one :) There are positives about it, but I guess it's just not for me, you know? ://

Hmm, he did look like an ugly monster when he was in his beast mode though. I agree about the angst part though, that date part was one of the saddest parts in the show .. it does have a lot drama, sometimes it did seem too much and they should have already gotten together but then again, he's not exactly human so it does complicate things & no, of course It's alright, I totally understand where you're coming from Lola ♥

I'm always on the lookout for new shows to watch too, even though I hardly have as much time as I like too. But I do really like the sound of this one, also I recently read a Beauty and the Beast retelling, so I'm certainly in the mood for some more! Thanks for the heads up on this show :)

I had never heard of this show until now but it seems like something well worth watching! It sounds like everything I could want from a show and I love how the actors and actresses seem to have mixed cultures and everything - that is always something that intrigues me!

Reading this has made me want to go watch this show as soon as possible!Unfortunately Netflix isn't available in my country:(,so I have to try to get a CD of the whole season somehow.Anyway,this show sounds awesome!I've heard of it before,but I never knew enough details to be intrigued by it.Beauty and the Beast is my favourite fairytale,and I adore female characters with professions like detective,so I think I am going to love watching this show!Thanks for the recommendation Benish!

I saw the preview for this show but I admit it didn't grab me. I love how it portrays healthy female relationships and Beauty definitely sounds like she's a really kickass character! A shame that Beast doesn't recognise her for all she really is, but hopefully that will come. Wonderful review Benish!

I keep seeing this pop up in my recommendations from Netflix, but never clicked it before. I'm TOTALLY going to watch it now! I love that their romance took time to grow and that there's discussions of science and DNA stuff in it. It seriously sounds so awesome, I can't wait! :D